Construction
Building homes for athletes and our community
BC's construction industry will certainly benefit from the opportunities offered
by the 2010 Winter Games. But, it takes more than construction companies to
build world-class facilities like the Athletes' Village.
Located on the industrial lands of southeast False Creek, the Athletes' Village
will be home to more than 2000 athletes and their coaches during the Games. The
village will include training facilities and accommodations, as well as a
dining hall, convenience store, medical clinic, post office and more. And,
after the Games, it will be converted into 250 units of non-profit and 314
units of market housing, as well as offices and shops as a lasting legacy for
the residents of Vancouver. As a direct result of the Games, an old industrial
area will be cleaned up and transformed into an oceanfront neighbourhood.
Expertise from many businesses will be needed at each of the following stages:
Design development - architects, illustrators, interior designers.
Site remediation - companies specializing in site remediation, trucking
firms.
Construction - a whole host of businesses, from the main contractor
through to specialized trades including electricians, plumbers, painters and
more.
Fit-out - furnishing the Athletes' Village with essential items (beds,
lights, linen and towels, etc.)
During the Games - the 2000 athletes and their coaches will be touring
around our city - shopping, eating and sightseeing - and will return home to
share their experiences of Vancouver with their friends and families
Decommissioning - after the Games, all furniture will need to be removed,
areas of the Village will be dismantled and sold, and others will need to be
renovated to become housing; this will call on the services of rental companies
and a variety of contractors.
Many of these opportunities could be posted on a central tendering website. But
some businesses would benefit indirectly - for instance, illustrators and
printers hired by the architects, labs contracted by remediation engineers,
nearby restaurants frequented by workers during site construction, and
equipment rental companies supplying demolition contractors who are hired to
dismantle sections of the site.
Does your business provide any of these services? Can you leverage the strength
of your existing network to position your company to pursue these types of
opportunities? Can you help some of these businesses meet their needs before
and during the Games?
